Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, denial of petitioner's motion for postconviction relief is affirmed over claims of error regarding whether the trial court erred by: 1) failing to adequately question former jurors about alleged jury misconduct and by restricting the scope of its inquiry; 2) refusing to take one individual's testimony and requiring defendant to file a successive motion for postconviction relief, and failing to expand the scope of the inquiry of the former jurors; and 3) by not allowing counsel to informally interview a former juror and by limiting the manner and scope of his questioning.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/06/2007
• Published 12/06/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and Melissa Minsk Donoho, Special Assistant CCR Counsel, Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Lisa-Marie Lerner, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.